Menhaden

  • 11Menhaden — Men|ha|den [mɛn he:dn̩], der; s, s [engl. menhaden, aus dem Algonkin (nordamerik. Indianerspr.)]: heringsähnlicher Speisefisch Nordamerikas …

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  • 12Menhaden — Men|ha|den [mɛn he:dn̩] der; s, s <aus gleichbed. engl. menhaden, dies aus dem Algonkin (einer nordamerik. Indianersprache)> heringsähnlicher Speisefisch Nordamerikas …

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  • 13menhaden — /mɛnˈheɪdn/ (say men haydn) noun (plural menhaden) any marine clupeoid fish of the genus Brevoortia, especially B. tyrannus, having the appearance of a shad but with a more compressed body, common along the eastern coast of the US, and used for… …

  • 14Menhaden de l'Atlantique — Menhaden de l Atlantique …

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  • 15menhaden oil — noun a fatty oil obtained from the menhaden fish and used in paint and ink and in treating leather • Hypernyms: ↑animal oil • Substance Holonyms: ↑menhaden, ↑Brevoortia tyrannis * * * noun : a drying fatty oil obtained from the body of the… …

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  • 16menhaden — Brevoortia tyrannus, the common name meaning fertiliser in Algonquian as it was so numerous that it was buried in corn fields …

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  • 17menhaden — noun Any of several species of fish in the genera Brevoortia and Ethmidium, used for fish meal, fish oil, fertilizer, and bait …

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  • 18menhaden — ► sustantivo masculino ZOOLOGÍA Pez clupeiforme, muy abundante en el golfo de México, del que se aprovecha la grasa. (Brevoortia tyrannus.) …

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  • 19menhaden — men heɪdn n. type of fish used for making oil and fertilizer (found of the eastern coast of the USA) …

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  • 20menhaden — [mɛn heɪd(ə)n] noun a large deep bodied fish of the herring family, found off the east coast of North America. [Brevoortia tyrannus and related species.] Origin C18: from Algonquian …

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